the vision ADVOCATE • FUND • COLLABO RATE

“Thanks to funding from GCAC, we are able to pay 18 dancers from Thiossane Institute and a 15-piece band of local, professional musicians to perform with us.”

Harmony Project’s creative director David Brown about the show Peace, Love & Harmony. “Receiving funding from GCAC has been critical for Wild Goose Creative on several occasions as we have grown our programming, grown in recognition, and grown in infrastructure. GCAC gave us one of our very first grants under the Neighborhood Arts Program - funds to support the New Year’s Festival. Getting this grant gave us confidence that we could write successful grants and also helped us to increase our audience reach.” cover: CAPA and Broadway in Columbus present Les Misérables. Jessie Boettcher opposite, top: Wall exhibition at Wild Goose Board Vice President CCAD’s Canzani Center Gallery. opposite, bottom: Surface Tension: 2013 GCAC Visual Arts Award exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art. Artist Susan Li O’Connor.

top: Surface Tension: 2013 GCAC Visual Arts Award exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art. Artist Matthew Flegle. bottom left: Harmony Project Choir performs Peace, Love & Harmony at the Southern Theatre. Finale for Streetcar District beautification project. bottom right: Ohio Art League’s Delineations. Artist Megan Mosholder.

A great Columbus: Always thriving artistically, culturally and economically. left: ProMusica’s new music director, Dan Danzmayr.

bottom left: Surface Tension: 2013 GCAC Visual Arts Award exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art. Artist Laura Alexander. top: Xclaim! Dance performs Radio Swing Club. Image: Sara Long. middle: CATCO’s presentation of 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. bottom: Available Light Theatre’s production of The History Boys.

P R O M O T E • L I V E • W O R K • PLAY Letter from the President and Board Chair

GCAC’s accomplishments in the first half of the year were significant. Here are a few highlights:

GCAC increased the funding and number of participants in our largest grant program for the second year in a row—Operating Support. In May, unrestricted Operating Support grants were awarded to 25 arts organizations totaling $2.79 million. This represented an increase of 15% over Operating Support Grants in 2012 and one additional organization received support. Project Support grants and Artists in the Community grants are also budgeted to increase over 2012 levels. GCAC’s grants programs are primarily funded through a share in the City of Columbus’ hotel/motel bed tax.

In June, GCAC celebrated the 52nd year of the Columbus Arts Festival, once again taking place on the Columbus Riverfront and highlighting Columbus’ Bicentennial Park and the new Scioto Mile. The Festival hosted nearly 300 local, national and international artists, 40 food vendors and continuous entertainment for three days. Weekend attendance grew once again, as more than 450,000 people enjoyed the city’s favorite welcome to summer event.

In June, the City of Columbus approved an ordinance providing $100,000 to the Greater Columbus Film Commission. The funds, to be managed by GCAC, will enable the Film Commission to successfully promote Columbus as a vibrant and viable destination for film and other audio visual productions.

In conjunction with the Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium, GCAC will be undertaking an arts and cultural sector branding and marketing campaign that will help increase awareness, ticket sales and donations to all arts organizations in Central Ohio, large and small. We are excited about this new venture and look forward to bringing you updates as the project moves forward.

Many thanks to Mayor Michael B. Coleman and his staff along with the Columbus City Council for their leadership and continued strong support of GCAC and the Columbus arts and cultural community.

We would also like to recognize the funding provided to GCAC and the Columbus arts community by the Ohio Arts Council, The Columbus Foundation and the many corporations and businesses that sponsor artists and arts organizations in Central Ohio. We are very fortunate to have a long and robust tradition of both corporate and individual giving to the arts in our community. Without this support complementing public and private sector assistance, Columbus would not be the great arts and cultural community it is today and going forward. Thank you.

Karen Bell Tom Katzenmeyer GCAC Board Chair President

Columbus Museum of Art Presents Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950. Untitled, 1949, oil on canvas. “Carnegie Gallery exhibits and shows are free and accessible to the 1,500+ daily visitors to Main Library in downtown Columbus. We find great value in exposing our visitors to thought-provoking and interesting works of art where and when they least expect it and are grateful for the support provided by GCAC that makes it possible for us to do so.”

Becky Leach-Seymour, Annual Giving and Grants Manager, Columbus Metropolitan Library opposite top: MadLab Theatre’s The Empire Builders, by Boris Vian. Mary Beth Griffith (left), Audrey Rush (right). opposite top: Carnegie Gallery at the Columbus Metropolitan Main Library downtown. opposite bottom: Columbus Children’s Theatre’s No Dogs Allowed. below: CATCO’s Five Guys Named Moe. top: Franklin Park Conservatory’s Sacrifice + Bliss: Aurora Robson. Be Like Water, detail. bottom: Crowds enjoy this year’s Juneteenth Festival, Ohio.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Our purpose is to support arts and advance culture through: Advocacy 6-9 Expertise 10-11 Collaboration 12-15 Financials 16-17 PROMOTING ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND SUSTAINABILITY

In January, Tom Katzenmeyer was appointed GCAC’s new President. After 16 years with The Limited Brands and five as Senior VP of Communications at The Ohio State University, Katzenmeyer brings with him a wealth of experience and connections, as well as a passion for, and commitment to, the Columbus community. His goal is to utilize the power of the arts in Columbus to make the city more competitive economically, retain more young talent and keep Columbus vibrant for residents, businesses and visitors. Katzenmeyer will continue to focus on helping the arts and cultural community achieve sustainability and his leadership is paving the way for a new era for GCAC and for the arts in Columbus.

In late June, the Columbus City Council, with support from Mayor Michael B. Coleman, approved an ordinance providing $100,000 to the Greater Columbus Film Commission to better showcase the unique qualities and talents that make Columbus an attractive destination for film producers. The Film Commission will work to actively promote Columbus to film, television and media productions in order to capitalize on the economic impact those businesses have on state and localoca co mmu nit ies .

“I would not be able to show this season without the $475 I received from GCAC this year. I have already shown twice at Ashland College, will show next week in Nelsonville and top: Actors’ Theatre presents Great Books. have two photos at the Ohio State Fair. above: 40 Years of Jazz Arts Group at the Southern Theatre. I am on a fixed disability income helping Image: Steven Pariser. to raise three grandkids and would top left: Surface Tension: 2013 GCAC Visual Arts Award exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art. Artist Andrea Myers. not be able to do any photography opposite top left: Wexner Center without you. God Bless.” for the Arts’ An Unforgettable Evening with Natalie Cole. opposite right: New Players Theatre’s production of The Whipping Paul Wilbur Man. Supply Grant recipient opposite bottom: CAPA and Broadway in Columbus presents Million Dollar Quartet.

6 BUILDING AUDIENCES AND CONNECTING THEM WITH ARTISTS

In March, GCAC launched a redesigned website at GCAC.org to help better connect current and future constituents with the wealth of opportunities and resources offered by GCAC.

ColumbusArts.com continues to be a critical component in arts organizations’ marketing plans with nearly 20,000 unique users each month. A search engine optimization campaign implemented in late 2012, has realized a 53% increase in non-branded traffic in the first half of 2013.

The ColumbusArts.com Artist Directory, one of only a handful of multi-disciplinary free artist profile sites in the country, is now home to more than 1,300 individual artist profiles, all of whom reside in Franklin and surrounding counties.

GCAC’s social media outlets and marketing partnerships also serve to amplify Columbus arts organizations’ and artists’ marketing efforts. Nearly 25,000 people now follow GCAC’s Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest accounts, and four media and community partnerships help expose diverse audiences “The Individual Artist Professional to the vibrancy of the arts in Columbus. Development grant I received allowed me an opportunity to attend and participate in a national theatre festival in Washington, DC. The workshops and theatrical productions were enlightening. The knowledge I gained from the workshops and the opportunity to stage my production at the DC BTF served as tools to enhance my production and my ability as a playwright. I am thankful to the staff at GCAC for their support and encouragement to artists.”

Nanette Hodge, Playwright

7 PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT KEEPS THE ARTS AN INTEGRAL PART ADVOCACY OF THE COMMUNITY

Operating Support providing $2,798,000 to 25 arts organizations

More than audience 1,376,050 members engaged

artists supported by Project 3,197 Support, BOOST and Artists in Community grants to date in 2013.

New Artist Award providing artist grants Program with 4 totaling VSA Ohio $700

8 Project Support

Funding 22 grants totaling $176,748 to support a variety of cultural programs

BOOST Supporting not-for-profi t arts organizations grants through 22 totaling $70,555

Professional Development artist grants Awarding 28 totaling $25,925

Supply Grant artist grants Awarding 33 totaling $14,979

Dancers from Columbus Symphony’s Cirque de la Symphonie.

9 INFORMING NEW AUDIENCES ABOUT EXPERTISE THE VALUE OF THE ARTS

Each month GCAC produces two e-newsletters— ColumbusArts.com, sent to nearly 11,000 people informing them of upcoming events around Columbus, and Front Row Center, sent to nearly 10,000 people showcasing the diversity and excitement of the cultural sector in Columbus. In addition to a different artist profile each month, in 2013, Front Row Center has covered the film industry in Columbus, community- wide service projects that use arts as a cornerstone for involvement, art collecting, Columbus’ outstanding library system, cultural collaborations and the return on investment to a community that supports the arts.

E N ERG I Z E • AC C ESS • F O S T E R

10 “GCAC’s support goes beyond funding to technical assistance from their staff and valuable marketing outlets.”

Erin Hoppe Executive Director, VSA Ohio

CONNECTING PEOPLE BY SHARING BEST PRACTICES

OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) provides events that help individual artists connect with one another. The series includes professional development workshops, roundtable discussions, and social events where artists PROVIDING RESOURCES learn together, further their work and continue to grow TO SUSTAIN AND EMPOWER as artists. To date in 2013, there have been 18 OPPArt ART AND ARTISTS events with 273 attendees.

Through its annual Public Forum, GCAC interacts with GCAC offers a variety of grant programs for individuals and the community to share knowledge resources as well organizations. Programs include Operating Support, Project as accomplishments, plans, and the important work Support, BOOST grants to assist organizations in building the agency is doing on behalf of the arts. The public their capacity, Professional Development and Supply grants forum in January focused on the tremendous power for individual artists and Individual Artist Fellowships in four of collaborations. Nearly 100 people attended the disciplines. GCAC’s grants and services budget for 2013 is event at the Columbus Museum of Art with a panel $3.5 million which is an increase of 21% over 2012.* of presenters that brought a wealth of experience to the topic of collaboration. The discussion covered the risks, rewards and challenges of different kinds of community collaborations including: artistic—between arts organizations or between artists and organizations; administrative collaborations such as shared services; and community collaborations between arts and education or social service organizations.

ENHANC E • COLLABO RATE • IMAG INE

opposite top left: Chase 200Columbus Neighborhood Grant recipient John Sunami’s Streetcar District sculpture after installation this spring. opposite top right: COSI’s Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition. opposite bottom: JAG presents Kyle Eastwood. Image: Stephen Pariser. above: CAPA and Broadway in Columbus present Wicked. Actors Jenne Gambatese (left) and Alison Luff (right). left: Crowds at one of Thurber House’s Literary Picnics this summer.

* Does not include funds for additional projects like GCAC’s cooperative marketing efforts or designated community-wide initiatives such as support for the Greater Columbus Film Commission.

11 top: Columbus Idea Foundry’s Mini Maker Faire. below: New Players Theatre’s Taming of the Shrew. below right: Franklin Park Conservatory’s Sacrifice + Bliss: Aurora Robson. opposite: Ohio Art League’s Delineations. Artist Megan Mosholder.

FOSTERING LINES OF COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION ABOUT THE ARTS

GCAC’s various community and media partnerships, publications and social media efforts all come together to work continuously to promote artists and arts organizations in Columbus.

B E A U T I F Y • S T I M U L A T E • D E V E L O P

12 “GCAC has supported Six String Concerts for 23 of our 25 seasons, allowing us to introduce over 400 national performing songwriters to the Columbus community. Most of these artists would not have otherwise had the opportunity to play in central Ohio. Many of these artists have subsequently built strong audiences here. GCAC “took a chance” on Six String Concerts early in our existence, providing us with the extra fi nancial support we need to fulfi ll our mission. In turn, we are able to “take a chance” on artists unknown in Columbus who are making a name for themselves in other cities.”

Kimberly Rice Wilson President, Six String Concerts

ACTING AS A CONVENER OF IDEAS, OF PEOPLE THE POWER OF AND THE ARTS PARTNERSHIPS

GCAC continues to seek out partnerships with various The Community Arts Partnership Awards program community entities to ensure the continued vibrancy annually recognizes outstanding contributions to the of the arts in Columbus and to help increase access to arts by Columbus businesses and individuals. The 2013 cultural opportunities in non-traditional audiences. event will take place October 17 at COSI.

Columbus Health Department: 2013 marked the 5th year Since 1995, the Artist Exchange program—a partnership of the ArtWalks program partnership highlighting public between of the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the art in 16 Columbus neighborhoods. Support this year Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and targeted visitors to Columbus by launching a marketing the Fine Arts—offers two Columbus artists a residency campaign for ArtWalks in area hotels. in Dresden, Germany, lasting two to three months. In addition, GCAC hosts two Dresden artists each year. Artist Fellowship partnerships: GCAC partners with The program provides all the artists with a period of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Dance Theatre, time in another country to concentrate on research the Columbus Film Council and Thurber House to and production in a way that significantly benefits present the fellowships each year. This year’s Visual Arts their creative process. Fellowship exhibition at the Museum, Surface Tension, opened June 24 to critical acclaim. The 2013 participants from Dresden are Silke Wobst and Anka Dyes. Wobst, a wood sculptor, will be in residence WOSU: Now in it’s 10th year of production, ArtZine in Columbus June 24 through September 15. She will remains a critically-acclaimed and award winning be exhibiting the work she produces here at ClaySpace Columbus-based production. The program, which for two weeks in August. Dyes is a photographer whose features an educational and entertaining inside look residency will take place September 9 until November at culture in Columbus, will help support an expansion 30. The two Columbus artists who will travel to Dresden of programming this year that will enable PBS stations will be selected later this summer. around the country to download exciting cultural stories about Columbus.

13 “Your crowd was awesome! Not only did we sell some of our original high end pieces… we took a deposit on a $20,000 commission job!”

Exhibiting Artist Jeannie Maddox, Dothan, AL

COLUMBUS ARTS COLLABORATION FESTIVAL

“Your volunteers were wonderful… It really “What a wonderful show you produce and your army of volunteers are all very special. We do A LOT of felt like there was one shows throughout the year and yours is at the top for every artist!”

for organization and quality.” Exhibiting Artist J. J. Reichert, Bellefontaine, OH Exhibiting Artists Serena and Don David, Cleveland OH

14 E D U C A T E • R E F L E C T • THRIVE

Each year in June GCAC is proud to bring the Columbus Arts Festival to the city, a three- day welcome to summer celebration that pairs the finest artists with entertainment, performances and hands-on activities for kids and families. The Arts Festival celebrated its 52nd year, once again at its longtime home on the beautiful Scioto Mile and Bicentennial Park. More than 450,000 people turned out to enjoy nearly 300 local, national and Performance of The Jungle Book. Photo by Greg Bartram. international artists, continuous entertainment on three stages, lots of great local food and a host of demonstrations and activities connecting people with their creative side.

The Big Local Arts Tent this year welcomed 12 local artist collectives to showcase the work of Columbus artists. Each group sold work by their members, raising more than $6,500 collectively, and used the opportunity to raise the visibility of their organization and our thriving local independent arts scene.

The Festival is completely privately supported, and it would not be possible without the support of sponsors like Time Warner Cable, American Electric Power Foundation, La-Z-Boy and a host of other local and national businesses and media sponsors. In addition, the Festival’s 63 person volunteer Coordinating Committee works year-round to make sure the Festival comes off without a hitch. More than 300 additional on-site volunteers The official Columbus Arts Festival help make each artist’s and patron’s experience at the Festival unique and wonderful. mascot, the Art Shark entertains young festival-goers. Photo by Greg Bartram.

opposite top: Swing Machine at the Columbus top left: Crowds enjoy the Columbus Arts above: Kristopher Howell screen Arts Festival. Photo by Greg Bartram. Festival. Photo by Greg Bartram. prints t-shirts in the Big Local Art Tent. Photo by Greg Bartram. opposite bottom: Watershed performs at the above left: Exhibiting artist Cody Miller of Bicentennial Stage. Photo by Greg Bartram. Columbus. Photo by Deborah Locke.

15 Operating Project Support Boost Grants Support Recipient Award Recipient Award Amount Amount Actors’ Theatre of Columbus $21,000 Alkebulan dba Juneteenth Ohio $9,625 Actors Theatre of Columbus $5,090 BalletMet $247,500 Asian Festival Corp. $24,375 Chamber Music Columbus $375 CAPA Center for Architecture $4,103 City Music $375 $247,500 and Design Columbus Children’s Choir $375 CATCO Columbus Chamber Singers $1,000 Columbus Civic Theater $1,725 $124,500 Columbus College of Art $22,000 Columbus Film Council $5,550 Chamber Music Columbus and Design $21,000 Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus $375 Columbus Film Council $6,500 CityMusic Diverse Media Zone $1,000 $18,500 Columbus Metropolitan Library $2,400 Diverse Media Zone $375 Columbus Children’s Theatre Community Development $2,613 $87,500 for All People Global Gallery $980 Columbus Dance Theatre Ethiopian Tewahedo $3,369 Jazz Arts Group $6,000 $36,250 Social Services Jefferson Academy of Music $375 Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus Evolution Theatre $2,903 $28,000 King Arts Complex $9,265 Glass Axis $4,043 Columbus Landmarks Foundation Leola Lucille Travis Foundation $7,830 $17,500 Global Gallery $4,785 Neighborhood Design Center $3,715 Columbus Museum of Art Independents’ Day $5,625 $247,500 Ohio Art League $4,000 Jefferson Academy of Music $4,730 Columbus Symphony Orchestra Ohio Art League $375 $247,500 New Players Theater Festival $5,425 OhioDance $375 Community Arts Project Ohio Historical Society $13,140 $141,500 Opera Columbus $1,000 Ohioana Library Assoc. $19,875 COSI VSA Ohio $400 Pizzuti Collection $7,034 $247,500 Wild Goose Creative $1,000 Friends of Early Music Short North Stage $6,925 Wonderland Columbus $20,000 $16,750 VSA Ohio $9,978 Total: $70,555 Friends of the Conservatory WaterFire Columbus $13,000 $190,000 Total awards: 22 Xclaim $3,300 Jazz Arts Group $186,500 Total: $176,748 Total: $70,555 MadLab Total awards: 22 Total Awards: 22 $13,500 Ohio Art League Total: $176,748 $16,000 Total Awards: 22 Ohio Designer Craftsmen $90,500 Opera Columbus $115,000 ProMusica Chamber Orchestra $115,000 ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists $5,000 Thurber House $69,000 Wexner Center for the Arts $247,500

Total: $2,798,000 Total Awards: 25

16 Artist in the Community Grants

Supply Grant Award Professional Development Award Recipients Amount Grant Recipients Amount

Michael Bonardi $475 Martin Azevedo $975 Justin Braun $500 Deborah Baillieul $850 Yao Cheng $470 Thomas Baillieul $855 Amanda H. Cook $315 M. Candice Black $300 Evin Dubois $475 Evin Dubois $1,000 Ken Eppstein $470 Joseph Dunson $895 Nicole Garlando $475 Ken Eppstein $710 Hannah Hoffman $475 Matthew Erman $1,000 Enrica Jang $475 Eric Flack $1,000 Kim Keffer $500 Nicole Garlando $1,000 Shahid Khan $475 Donald Isom $975 Kiersten Long $443 Dontavius Jarrells $975 Jordan Martin $475 Nicholas Kelly $975 Shawn McBride $190 Jaclyn E. Little $1,000 DeJuan McCoy $475 Jasmine Marks $975 Christine Miller $475 John McCaughey $975 Chris Monday $500 Kelly Nye $1,000 Jeffrey Owen $235 Jeffrey Owen $780 Wallace Peck $475 Wallace Peck $1,000 Tara Polansky $500 Mara Penrose $975 John Sharvin $500 Tara Polansky $1,000 Mistie Sparks $425 Greg Ponchak $975 Austin Stewart $500 Suzanne Pusecker $885 Fellowship Jeremy Stone $500 Kaveri Raina $1,000 Recipients Thoma Swanson $500 David Ratcliffe $975 Matthew Swift $475 Tanisha Reggins $975 VSA Ohio Visual Award Nicolette Swift $475 Daniel Turnbo $975 Artist Recipients Amount Jeremy Tinianow $470 Heather F. Wetzel $925 Malcolm J $200 Doug Titchenal $475 Rosemary Matich $200 Aaron Troyer $336 Total: $25,925 Stephanie Spencer $150 Heather F. Wetzel $500 Total Awards: 28 Jessica Wallace $150 Paul Wilbur $475 Total: $700 Brooke Zamundio $475 Overall Total: $3,086,907 Total Awards: 4 Total: $14,979 Total Awards: 33 Overall Total Awards: 134

“GCAC’s much appreciated support is a tremendous asset to enable the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus to fulfill our mission of Voices Raised, Lives Changed. We in the CGMC work diligently to open the minds and hearts of individuals through outreach, compassion and beautiful music and we couldn’t do it without GCAC’s support.” opposite: Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus’s Cher and Cher Alike performance at the Lincoln Theatre. Patrick Roehrenbeck top: Columbus Dances Fellowship recipient, Executive Director, choreographer Seth Wilson. Courtesy of Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus Columbus Dance Theatre.

right: JAG presents Ragtime, Blues & Beyond. Musician Tia Fuller. Image: Stephen Pariser.

17 GCAC Board of Trustees Karen Bell, Chair William Faust, Chair-elect David Clifton, Vice-chair Robert Falcone, Immediate Past Chair “Having access to these grants Cheryle Russo, Treasurer Lori Barreras, Secretary has made a huge difference for Christie Angel Kari Kauffman me. This residency has been Randall Arndt Char Norman Michael Bongiorno Pam Hykes O’Grady hugely productive for me. I’m Stacie Boord Angela Pace creating a new body of work Denvy Bowman Eileen Paley David Clifton Manju Sankarappa and moving through new ideas. Nicole Farrell Clarence Simmons Lynn Greenstein Tom Szykowny It’s very exciting. I have also Nicholas Hill Todd Tuney Charles D. Hillman Priscilla Tyson just hung a group show here in Mary Jo Hudson Hungary and given an artist talk.

GCAC Staff I’m not sure I would have been Tom Katzenmeyer able to do this residency without President Milton D. Baughman the support from GCAC.” Immediate Past President Jami Goldstein Tara Polansky, Vice President Professional Development Marketing, Communications & Events Grant Recipient Kayla Green Director of Finance & Administration Ruby Harper Grants & Services Director R. Scott Huntley Columbus Arts Festival Director Sue Jones Executive Assistant Ed Moore Administration & Finance Administrator

Deanna Poelsma Surface Tension: 2013 GCAC Visual Arts Grants & Services Clerk Award exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art. Artist Anna Laurie Mackay. Jennifer Sadler Marketing, Communications & Events Diamond Zimmerman Program & Services Coordinator

Columbus Arts Marketing Interns Festival Interns Paige Quinter Inal Elbeyli Alyse McBride

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